13Review hearing may be public or private

13 Review hearing may be public or private

(1) Subject to a direction of the Chair or the presiding Tribunal member under subrule (2), a hearing of a review of a reviewable decision must be conducted in public. (2) The Chair or the presiding Tribunal member may direct that the hearing be conducted: (a) in private; or (b) partly in public and partly in private. (3) For subrule (2), the grounds on which the Chair or the presiding Tribunal member may decide that the hearing be conducted wholly or partly in private include the following: (a) that the matter under review is sensitive; (b) that privacy is required to ensure fairness to a person involved or mentioned in the review; (c) that the review involves matters of national security. (4) The Chair or the presiding Tribunal member may give directions as to who may be present at a hearing that is conducted wholly or partly in private.